The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Gentleman in the Plum-Colored Hat

Cook, Dutton. "The Gentleman in the Plum-Colored Hat." New York Saturday Press. (1859-10-22).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

A man visits his sickly aunt in hopes of gaining some money through her will. Instead, he learns the terrible story of how she fancied a mysterious man she danced with once at a ball, and was tricked into thinking he would come for her.